East of Eden New and Sealed the book provides a unique

the book provides a unique perspective on political life in the so-called “goldfish bowl” of Downing Street

only removed from its wrapping paper for condition checking and photographing

This is the second separate Folio edition of this text

[1–3] 4–439 [440–442]: [9] leaves of colour plates (facing pp

Selected and introduced by Tennyson scholar John D

East of Eden New and Sealed the book provides a uniqueSTEINBECK, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition of Steinbeck's magnum opus. First trade edition, first state: 1952. 110,000 copies were published in September 1952 at $4. 50. Page 281, line 38 "bite" for "bight", as only contained in the true first state (Goldstone and Payne, A32, p. 74). Steinbeck regarded 'East of Eden' as his greatest novel and noted, "it has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft